ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,419, issued on June 17, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Imaging device with a photonic integrated circuit" was invented by Ryadh Abdullah Zakaria (Waterlooville, Great Britain), Chad William Hoyt (Roseville, Calif.) and Matthew Wade Puckett (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital holographic microscope that includes a light source and a photonic integrated circuit. The photonic integrated circuit can include a branching waveguide optically coupled to the light source, and a multi-angle illumination device optically coupled to the branching waveguide. In various examples, the multi-angle illu...